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2010–11 UAE Pro League

Field	Value
competition	UAE Pro League
season	2010–11
winners	Al Jazira
1st title
relegated	Al Dhafra
Ittihad Kalba
league topscorer	André Senghor (16)
biggest home win	Al Wahda 6–1 Sharjah
(15 May 2011)
Dubai 6–4 Al Dhafra
(20 May 2011)
biggest away win	Sharjah 3–5 Baniyas
(13 December 2010)
highest scoring	Dubai 6–4 Al Dhafra
(20 May 2011)
matches	126
total goals	425
highest attendance	36,241
Al Jazira – Dubai
average attendance	3,240
prevseason	2009–10
nextseason	2011–12

1st title Ittihad Kalba (15 May 2011) Dubai 6–4 Al Dhafra (20 May 2011) (13 December 2010) (20 May 2011) Al Jazira – Dubai

The **2010–11 UAE Pro League ** (known as Etisalat Pro League for sponsorship reasons) was the 36th edition of top-level football in the United Arab Emirates. This was the third Professional season in the history of the country. Al Wahda were defending champions from the 2009–10 campaign. Ajman and Emirates were relegated from the previous season. Dubai and Ittihad Kalba were promoted from the UAE First Division 1 Group A. The campaign began on 26 August 2010 and ended on 9 June 2011.

After being runner-up for three consecutive seasons, Al Jazira secured their 1st Pro League title after beating Al Wasl 4–0 on 16 May 2011, becoming the third club to achieve the double in country's history after Al Nasr in 1986 and Al Wasl in 2007.

Teams

Ajman and Emirates were relegated to the second-level league after finishing in the bottom two in the 2009–10 season. The two relegated teams were replaced by second level champions Ittihad Kalba and runners up Dubai.

Stadia and locations

Team	Home city	Stadium	Capacity
Al Ahli	Dubai	Rashed Stadium	18,000
Al Ain	Al Ain	Tahnoun bin Mohammed Stadium	15,000
Al Dhafra	Madinat Zayed	Hamdan bin Zayed Al Nahyan Stadium	12,000
Al Jazira	Abu Dhabi	Al Jazira Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium	42,056
Al Nasr	Dubai	Al-Maktoum Stadium	12,000
Al Shabab	Dubai	Maktoum Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Stadium	12,000
Al Wahda	Abu Dhabi	Al-Nahyan Stadium	12,000
Al Wasl	Dubai	Zabeel Stadium	12,000
Baniyas	Abu Dhabi	Bani Yas Stadium	6,000
Dubai	Dubai	Police Officers Club Stadium	6,500
Ittihad Kalba	Kalba	Ittihad Kalba Club Stadium	3,000
Sharjah	Sharjah	Sharjah Stadium	18,000

Personnel and sponsorship

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Team	Chairman	Head coach	Captain	Kitmaker	Shirt sponsor
Al Ahli	UAE Abdullah Saeed Al Naboodah	UAE Abdulhameed Al Mishtiki	ITA Fabio Cannavaro	Adidas	Toshiba
Al Ain	UAE Hazza bin Zayed Al Nahyan	BRA Alexandre Gallo	UAE Ali Al-Wehaibi	Macron	First Gulf Bank
Al Dhafra	UAE Saif bin Mohammed bin Butti Al Hamed	SYR Mohammad Kwid	UAE Mohammed Salem Al Saedi	BURRDA	ADCO
Al Jazira	UAE Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan	BRA Abel Braga	CIV Ibrahim Diaky	Adidas	IPIC
Al Nasr	UAE Maktoum bin Hasher bin Maktoum Al Maktoum	ITA Walter Zenga	UAE Abdallah Mousa	Erreà	Emirates NBD
Al Shabab	UAE Saeed bin Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum	BRA Paulo Bonamigo	UAE Adeel Abdullah	Erreà	emaratech
Al Wahda	UAE Saeed bin Zayed Al Nahyan	AUT Josef Hickersberger	UAE Basheer Saeed	Nike	EMAL
Al Wasl	UAE Ahmed bin Rashid Al Maktoum	UAE Khalifa Mubarak	UAE Khalid Darwish	Nike	Saif Belhasa Group of Companies
Baniyas	UAE Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan	UAE Mahdi Ali	OMA Fawzi Bashir	Erreà	Secure Project Management
Dubai	UAE Ahmed bin Rashid Al Maktoum	BRA Junior dos Santos	UAE Ali Hassan	Umbro	N/A
Ittihad Kalba	UAE Saeed bin Saqr Al Qasimi	BRA Jorvan Vieira	FRA Grégory Dufrennes	Adidas	Gillett Group
Sharjah	QAT Abdullah bin Mohammed Al Thani	UAE Abdul Majid	UAE Abdullah Suhail	N/A	Saif-Zone

Managerial changes

Pre-season

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Replaced by
Al Ain	UAE Abdulhameed Al Mishtiki (caretaker)	Appointed on permanent role	UAE Abdulhameed Al Mishtiki
Al Wasl	CRC Alexandre Guimarães	Contract not renewed	BRA Sérgio Farias
Al Ahli	NED Henk ten Cate	Resigned	IRL David O'Leary
Al Wahda	AUT Josef Hickersberger	Contract not renewed	ROM László Bölöni

During the season

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Replaced by
Al Wahda	ROM László Bölöni	Sacked	BRA Tite
Al Wahda	BRA Tite	Resigned{{cite news	title=Champions Wahda rocked by Tite	publisher=The National	date=18 October 2010	access-date=18 October 2010}}
Al Dhafra	SUI Michel Decastel	title=Coaches on the move in the Pro League	publisher=The National	date=12 December 2010	access-date=12 December 2010}}
Al Nasr	BRA Hélio dos Anjos	Sacked	UAE Eid Baroot (caretaker)
Dubai	EGY Ayman El Ramady	Sacked	BRA Junior dos Santos
Al Ain	UAE Abdulhameed Al Mishtiki	Sacked{{cite news	title=Al Mishtiki out, Gallo comes in at Al Ain as coach	archive-url=https://archive.today/20130114195007/http://www.thenational.ae/sport/uae-sport/al-mishtiki-out-gallo-comes-in-at-al-ain-as-coach	url-status=dead	archive-date=14 January 2013	publisher=The National	date=21 December 2010	access-date=21 December 2010}}
Al Nasr	UAE Eid Baroot	Full-time coach appointed	ITA Walter Zenga
Al Ahli	IRL David O'Leary	Sacked{{cite news	title=Al Ahli to continue importing following David O'Leary dismissal	publisher=The National	date=23 April 2011	access-date=23 April 2011}}
Al Wasl	BRA Sérgio Farias	Sacked{{cite news	title=Khalifa takes the reins for Al Wasl against Kalba	publisher=The National	date=24 April 2011	access-date=24 April 2011}}
Baniyas	TUN Lotfi Benzarti	Sacked	UAE Mahdi Ali
Al Sharjah	POR Manuel Cajuda	Sacked	archive-url=https://archive.today/20130114200919/http://www.thenational.ae/sport/uae-sport/sharjah-become-the-latest-club-to-part-with-their-coach-in-pro-league-merry-go-round	url-status=dead	archive-date=14 January 2013	publisher=The National	date=22 May 2011	access-date=22 May 2011}}

Foreign players

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Player 4	Former player(s)
Al Ahli	Brazil Pinga	Italy Fabio Cannavaro	Morocco Karim El Ahmadi		Burkina Faso Aristide Bancé
Al Ain	Brazil Elias	Ivory Coast Brahima Keita	Ivory Coast Jumaa Saeed	Romania Valentin Badea	Argentina José Sand
Brazil André Dias
Al Dhafra	Brazil Filipe Machado	Guinea Mohamed Sylla	Ivory Coast Boris Kabi	Nigeria Abass Lawal	Algeria Toufik Zerara
Morocco Mohamed Berrabeh
Al Jazira	Argentina Matías Delgado	Brazil Baré	Brazil Ricardo Oliveira	Ivory Coast Ibrahim Diaky	Ivory Coast Antonin Koutouan
Al Nasr	Brazil Careca	Brazil Léo Lima	Guinea Ismaël Bangoura		Ecuador Carlos Tenorio
Al Shabab	Brazil Ciel	Brazil Júlio César	Chile Carlos Villanueva	Senegal Lamine Diarra
Al Wahda	Brazil Fernando Baiano	Brazil Hugo	Brazil Magrão		Ivory Coast Modibo Kane Diarra
Al Wasl	Brazil Alexandre Oliveira	Brazil Alex Pires	Oman Mohammed Al-Balushi	Spain Francisco Yeste
Baniyas	Iraq Mustafa Karim	Netherlands Rafael Uiterloo	Oman Fawzi Bashir	Senegal André Senghor	Brazil Éder Gaúcho
Dubai	Belgium Rachid Tiberkanine	Brazil Gil Bala	France Michaël N'dri	Guinea Aboubacar Camara	Morocco Mounir Diane
Morocco Yazid Kaïssi
Ittihad Kalba	Bahrain Abdulla Baba Fatadi	Brazil Kanú	France Grégory Dufrennes	Guinea Simon Feindouno	Brazil Matheus Martins
Senegal Khadim Diouf
Senegal Moustapha Dabo
Sharjah	Brazil Gustavo	Brazil Marcelinho	Brazil Robinho		Brazil Marcelão

League table

Results

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goal(s)
1	SEN André Senghor	Baniyas	18
2	BRA Marcelinho	Sharjah	12
CIV Ibrahim Diaky	Al Jazira
4	BRA Baré	Al Jazira	11
BRA Pinga	Al Wahda
FRA Grégory Dufrennes	Ittihad Kalba
CIV Boris Kabi	Al Dhafra
8	BRA Júlio César	Al Shabab	10
GUI Ismaël Bangoura	Al Nasr
ESP Francisco Yeste	Al Wasl
11	BRA Fernando Baiano	Al Wahda	9
BRA Ricardo Oliveira	Al Jazira
13	FRA Michaël N'dri	Dubai	8
UAE Omar Abdulrahman	Al Ain

Source: Etisalat Pro-League – Top goalscorers Last updated:2 June 2011

Scoring

First goal of the season: NGR Abass Lawal for Al Dhafra against Al Ahli, 35 minutes and 19 seconds (27 August 2010).
First penalty kick of the season: 56 minutes and 44 seconds – BRA Marcelinho (scored) for Al Sharjah against Al Jazira (2 September 2010).
Fastest goal in a match: 2 minutes – BRA Hugo for Al Wahda against Al Shabab (27 October 2010).
Goal scored at the latest point in a match: 94 minutes and 47 seconds – UAE Jumaa Abdullah for Al Jazira against Al Wasl (16 May 2011).
Widest winning margin: 6 Goals
- Al Wahda 6–1 Al Sharjah (15 May 2011).
- Dubai 6–4 Al Dhafra (20 May 2011).
Most goals in a match by one team: 6 Goals
- Al Wahda 6–1 Al Sharjah (15 May 2011).
- Dubai 6–4 Al Dhafra (20 May 2011).
Most goals scored by losing team: 4 goals
- Dubai 6–4 Al Dhafra (20 May 2011).
Most goals in a match by one player: 3 goals
- SEN André Senghor for Bani Yas against Ittihad Kalba (26 September 2010)
- CIV Boris Kabi for Al Dhafra against Al Wahda (23 December 2010)
- UAE Ismail Matar for Al Wahda against Ittihad Kalba (19 February 2011)
Hat-tricks of the season:
- SEN André Senghor for Bani Yas against Ittihad Kalba (26 September 2010)
- CIV Boris Kabi for Al Dhafra against Al Wahda (23 December 2010)
- UAE Ismail Matar for Al Wahda against Ittihad Kalba (19 February 2011)

Discipline

First yellow card of the season: ITA Fabio Cannavaro for Al Ahli against Al Dhafra, 9 minutes (27 August 2010).
First red card of the season: UAE Darwish Ahmed for Al Wasl against Al Ahli, 90 minutes (1 September 2010).
Card given at latest point in a game: UAE Abdallah Ahmed (yellow) at 90+3 for Al Nasr against Al Dhafra (28 May 2011).

Rank	Team	Games	[[File:Yellow card.svg	15px
1	Al Nasr	21	56	1
	Al Jazira	21	57	2
3	Ittihad Kalba	21	58	1
4	Al Ahli	21	48	5
5	Al Shabab	21	45	3
6	Al Ain	21	44	2
7	Al Dhafra	21	39	3
	Al Wasl	21	39	6
9	Al Wahda	21	42	2
10	Al Sharjah	21	32	6
11	Bani Yas	21	32	1
12	Dubai	21	29	1

Source: Yellow Cards, Red Cards Last updated: 2 June 2011

Attendances

!#!!Football club!!Home games!!Average attendance |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Al-Jazira || 11 || 15,922 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Al-Ain FC || 11 || 4,950 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Al-Wahda FC || 11 || 3,608 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Al-Wasl FC || 11 || 3,240 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Al-Ahli || 11 || 2,513 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Baniyas || 11 || 2,317 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Al-Nasr SC || 11 || 1,703 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Sharjah FC || 11 || 1,501 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Al-Shabab Al-Arabi || 11 || 1,065 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Dubai CSC || 11 || 900 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Al-Dhafra FC || 11 || 802 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Kalba FC || 11 || 659 |- |} }}

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(16 May 2011). "Al Jazira crown themselves champions with a 4–0 win over Al Wasl". [[UAE Football League.
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